Nothing flavors your home-cooked meal better than herbs and spices straight from the garden. It’s so simple and easy to grow herbs on you kitchen window ledge or even right out in your backyard garden. The only hard part is figuring out the perfect recipe to really show case your delicious, straight from the garden […]

Health Benefits of Kale The right protein smoothie or shake will give you the energy you need to boost yourself through a tough workout, or even a regular work day. These kale protein shake recipes can be consumed any time of day, before a workout, after a workout, or even as a meal replacement. As […]

Homeopathic Remedies from Medicinal Plants Medicinal plants have been around for centuries. Before science and technology provided us with the various medicines we have to treat illnesses today, doctors would use herbal medicine to cure their patient. These herbal remedies were all-natural, many of which can still be used today. Medicinal Plants and Herbal Remedies […]

Chamomile herbal tea is well-known for its calming and relaxing properties. This makes it a highly-desirable form of tea. If you grow chamomile at home, you will be able to harvest and dry chamomile for use in tea year round. Chamomile Tea Benefits It is no secret that chamomile has properties to relax the body […]

How to Use Your Garden Herbs and Spices with Chicken There are many advantages to having access to an at-home herb garden. It is more affordable than purchasing these various herbs fresh or dried at the store. These herbs are also raw, which allows them to provide more flavor than those purchased dried at the […]

Juicing Homegrown Wheatgrass Through much research, hundreds of wheatgrass benefits have been determined. The question is, how can you get the most of your wheatgrass in an affordable way? Wheat grass is a crop that grows in stalks. It can be purchased in stalks from the store, grown in a garden, or purchased as juice. […]

Nutritional Properties in Sprouting Seeds Sprouting seeds are today the undeniable stars in the vegetable world because of their recognized benefits attributed by their fresh nutrients, providing both health and excellent nutritional benefits such as high levels of dietary fiber, which contribute to substantial weight loss. Sprouts are one of the most complete and nutritional […]

Live Healthy With Kale Kale has come from its humble origins to be a premium vegetable grown for its astounding health benefits as well as its great taste. It is a terrific fall and winter vegetable, and continues to be productive through all but the harshest winters. It used to be called a ‘hunger gap’ […]

Dried Beans from the Vegetable Garden Various kinds of beans form an important source of protein for vegetarians and vegans. Yet many of the dried beans available at grocery stores are of uncertain origin, often not organically grown and could be contaminated with GMO crops. So the way to be really sure that your beans […]

The Ever Versatile Artichoke Vegetable Seeds Artichokes have a reputation as a gourmet vegetable, even though in southern Europe they are eaten as a day-to-day food. Their reputation probably has more to do with cooking them than growing them, since when it comes to growing vegetables, they are an easy crop. Because they have been […]